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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2984 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 31, United States Code, to authorize transportation of officers |
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| 6 | 6 | | and employees of Federal agencies returning from space, and for other |
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| 7 | 7 | | purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | APRIL24, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. B |
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| 11 | 11 | | ABINintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee |
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| 12 | 12 | | on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee |
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| 13 | 13 | | on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently deter- |
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| 14 | 14 | | mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions |
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| 15 | 15 | | as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned |
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| 16 | 16 | | A BILL |
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| 17 | 17 | | To amend title 31, United States Code, to authorize trans- |
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| 18 | 18 | | portation of officers and employees of Federal agencies |
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| 19 | 19 | | returning from space, and for other purposes. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 21 | 21 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 23 | 23 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Astronaut Safe Tem-4 |
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| 24 | 24 | | porary Ride Options Act’’ or the ‘‘ASTRO Act’’. 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | •HR 2984 IH |
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| 28 | 28 | | SEC. 2. TRANSPORTATION OF ASTRONAUTS RETURNING 1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | FROM SPACE. 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (a) I |
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| 31 | 31 | | NGENERAL.—Subsection (b) of section 1344 of 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | title 31, United States Code, is amended— 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (1) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | the semicolon; 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (2) in paragraph (9), by striking the period and 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (3) by adding at the end the following new 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | paragraph: 10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | ‘‘(10) an officer or employee returning from 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | space when transportation is necessary for the per-12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | formance of medical research, monitoring, diagnosis, 13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | or treatment, or other official duties as approved by 14 |
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| 43 | 43 | | the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and 15 |
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| 44 | 44 | | Space Administration, prior to such officer or em-16 |
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| 45 | 45 | | ployee receiving post-flight medical clearance to op-17 |
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| 46 | 46 | | erate a motor vehicle.’’. 18 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (b) R |
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| 48 | 48 | | EPORT.— 19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (1) I |
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| 50 | 50 | | N GENERAL.—Not later than one year 20 |
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| 51 | 51 | | after the date of the enactment of this Act and an-21 |
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| 52 | 52 | | nually thereafter, the Administrator of the National 22 |
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| 53 | 53 | | Aeronautics and Space Administration shall submit 23 |
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| 54 | 54 | | to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 24 |
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| 55 | 55 | | and the Committee on Oversight and Accountability 25 |
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| 56 | 56 | | of the House of Representatives and the Committee 26 |
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| 59 | 59 | | •HR 2984 IH |
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| 60 | 60 | | on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the 1 |
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| 61 | 61 | | Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 2 |
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| 62 | 62 | | Affairs of the Senate a report on transportation 3 |
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| 63 | 63 | | under paragraph (10) of section 1344(b) of title 31, 4 |
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| 64 | 64 | | United States Code (as amended by subsection (a)). 5 |
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| 65 | 65 | | (2) C |
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| 66 | 66 | | ONTENTS.—Each report under paragraph 6 |
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| 67 | 67 | | (1) shall include, for the immediately preceding 12 7 |
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| 68 | 68 | | month period, the following: 8 |
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| 69 | 69 | | (A) For each officer or employee of a Fed-9 |
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| 70 | 70 | | eral agency transported, the following: 10 |
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| 71 | 71 | | (i) A description of such transpor-11 |
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| 72 | 72 | | tation. 12 |
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| 73 | 73 | | (ii) The name of any such officer or 13 |
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| 74 | 74 | | employee who received such transportation. 14 |
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| 75 | 75 | | (iii) Costs associated with such trans-15 |
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| 76 | 76 | | portation. 16 |
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| 77 | 77 | | (B) The total number of instances such 17 |
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| 78 | 78 | | transportation was provided. 18 |
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| 79 | 79 | | (C) The total cost of such transportation. 19 |
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| 80 | 80 | | (c) P |
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| 81 | 81 | | ROHIBITION ONCERTAINFUNDING.—No addi-20 |
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| 82 | 82 | | tional amounts are authorized to be appropriated to carry 21 |
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| 83 | 83 | | out this Act or the amendments made by this Act. 22 |
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